Western Washington University, Special Collections
Special Collections
516 High St.
Bellingham, WA 98225-9103
Phone: (360) 650-3193
Email: speccoll@wwu.edu
http://library.wwu.edu/special-collections
XOE_SC0031
Hutton, Patric L. --
(Patric Lee), -- 1925-1991.
Patric L. Hutton Collection
1944-1982
2 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Papers, articles, and research notes on Chinese
religion used by Patric L. Hutton, an Episcopal priest and missionary who served in
Taiwan in the 1960s. The collection also includes numerous examples of Chinese paper
gods and joss paper, stone rubbings from Taiwanese temples, and photographs
depicting Buddhist religious practices, particularly burials.
Collection materials are in English.
Patric Lee Hutton was born in Cassville, Missouri, in 1925. He studied at Washington
University in St. Louis and Nashotah House theological seminary in Wisconsin before
being ordained an Episcopal priest in 1950. He served as curate of St. Paul’s
Church, Kansas City, Kansas (1950-51), and rector of Holy Trinity Church, Valley
Stream, New York (1951-55). In 1956, as rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in
Independence, Missouri, he officiated at the wedding ceremony of President Harry
Truman’s daughter, Margaret Truman Daniel.
Hutton left Missouri in 1961 to serve as a missionary in China and Southeast Asia.
President Truman provided him with introductions to Chinese dignitaries, and he
enrolled at a university in Taipei, Taiwan, where he studied Chinese language and
culture. Hutton lived in Taiwan with his family for ten years, serving in various
posts, including vicar of St. Paul’s Church, Kaohsihung; Episcopal Archdeacon of
Taiwan; and director of two medical clinics. He later directed the church renewal
program of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas, Texas. Taking inspiration from the Roman
Catholic Cursillo movement (a program of short courses on Christianity and Christian
leadership), he developed a similar movement within the Episcopal Church. It had
spread nationally by the 1980s.
Patric Hutton died in Bellingham, Washington, on May 19, 1991.
The collection contains papers, articles, and research notes used by Hutton during
his time as a student, missionary, and priest in Taiwan. The content in folders
18-37 (topical files) is mostly drawn from newspapers and magazines. Numerous
examples of Chinese paper gods and joss paper (also known as spirit money or ghost
money), intended to be burned in traditional Chinese religious ceremonies, are
available in folders 38-43. One box of photographs depicting Buddhist religious
practices, particularly funerals, is included in the collection; the photos date
from the years of Hutton’s residence in China. Also available are three large stone
rubbings, reproducing inscriptions on Chinese temples, and one brass rubbing of an
early Chinese bronze.
The collection is open to the public.
Patric L. Hutton Collection, Special Collections, Western Libraries Archives &
Special Collections, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9103.
Acquisition information is unknown.
About Harmful Language and Content
To learn more about problematic content in our collections, collection description
and teaching tools (including how to provide feedback or request dialogue on this
topic), see our Statement
About Potentially Harmful Language and Content.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog.
Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should
search the catalog using these headings.
Hutton, Patric L. -- (Patric Lee), --
1925-1991 -- Archives.
Hutton, Patric L. -- (Patric Lee), --
1925-1991 -- Sources.
Missionaries -- China.
Priests -- China.
Culture -- Study and teaching --
China.
Chinese -- Religion.
Records (Documents)
Photographs.
College
and Universities.
1
1
Patric L. Hutton, "The Chinese Religions and
Christianity"
undated
1
2
Professor Kung, "Contemporary Situation of
Buddhism in Taiwan"
undated
1
3
James Pong, "Many Flowers and Different
Scriptures (the non-Christian Religions in S. E. Asia)"
undated
1
4
"Dialogue with Buddhism," from L’Osservatore Romano
1970
1
5
Wendell Friest, "The Arts and the Chinese
Church," from Lutheran Voice
1968
1
6
Ming-chung Chiu, "Folk Religion of the
Taiwanese"
undated
1
7
Kristopher Schipper, "1966 Summer Seminar in
Chinese Art, Culture, and Society: On Chinese Folk Religion"
1966
1
8
Lao Ssu-kuang, "Whither Chinese
Culture"
undated
1
9
Dr. Yeh, "Youth in Chinese
Culture"
undated
1
10
"Marriage in Chinese Society"
1966
1
11
"National Character: Some Preliminary
Considerations"
1966
1
12
"The Temple of the Queen of
Heaven"
undated
1
13
David Pong, "The Boxer Rising"
undated
1
14
Bodhedrum: Buddhist News
in Free China (March 1960 and November 1962)
1960
1962
1
15
Bibliographies and book catalogs
1959-1968
undated
1
16
Course syllabus, History of Eastern Asia to
1500 AD
undated
1
17
Lecture notes, A Survey of Far Eastern
Art
undated
1
18
Buddhism, general
approximately 1944-1969
1
19
Buddhism, related religions
approximately 1960-1969
1
20
Gods
approximately 1960-1969
1
21
Ceremonies
approximately 1960-1969
1
22
Temples
approximately 1960-1969
1
23
Death / hell
approximately 1960-1969
1
24
Tombs
approximately 1960-1969
1
25
Ghost festival
approximately 1960-1969
1
26
Art
approximately 1960-1969
1
27
Archaeology
approximately 1960-1969
1
28
History
approximately 1960-1969
1
29
Calligraphy
approximately 1960-1969
1
30
Language
approximately 1960-1969
1
31
Marriage
approximately 1960-1969
1
32
New Years
approximately 1960-1969
1
33
Feng shui
approximately 1960-1969
1
34
Taipei Candid Camera
1968-1969
1
35-37
Miscellaneous
approximately 1960-1982
1
38-43
Paper gods and joss paper
undated
1
44-45
Stone rubbings from Cha Ting Temple,
Taiwan
undated
1
46
Stone rubbing from a Taoist temple,
Taiwan
undated
1
47
Rubbing of an early Chinese bronze, Nelson
Gallery
undated
1
48
Travel notes
approximately 1965
1
49
Travel receipts, Southeast Asia
1971
2
Photographs
approximately 1961-1971
3
Stone rubbing from a Chinese
temple
undated
3
Scroll of a speech by Chiang
Kai-shek
undated